The Family Program at UCF is working on understanding family stress and resiliency. We are inviting families to aid us in understanding stress and resiliency by participating in a one-time assessment study. In addition to helping other families, your family will receive an assessment of stress and family functioning and financial compensation of $100, ($20 at assessment and $80 at the completion of participation). This includes a clinical interview, questionnaires about mood, anxiety, and stress, and, for the children, collection of saliva samples and monitoring of sleep using a special wristwatch. The majority of the assessment is completed at home in about 7 minutes a day for one week. All of the information collected will be used to help our military families get the resources they need to cope with deployment periods.

For more information or to make an appointment to participate, please call or email Theresa Trombly at: 407.823.1063 or Theresa.Trombly@ucf.edu. This research program is running for the next six months to a year.

Who qualifies to participate:

Military families with children 7-17 who have: A currently deployed military service adult caregiver (for 30 days or more) One or two non-deployed military service adult caregivers

Civilian families with children 7-17 who have: Two adult caregivers living in the home. One caregiver that is currently working away from the home (for 30 days or more). Experienced or are undergoing marital separation or divorce (in the last 12 months).

Using the powerful medium of story quilts, “And Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations” narrates nearly four centuries of African American history, from the first slave ships to the first African American president and beyond. Through 69 quilts from more than 60 artists of the Women of Color Quilters Network, the exhibition reveals the stories of freedom’s heroes, ranging from Phillis Wheatley to Frederick Douglass to the Tuskegee Airmen.

Story quilting is an art form that has derived in part from a long, rich history in Ohio and goes beyond the simple quilting patterns many people may be familiar with. Story quilting expands on traditional textile-arts techniques to record, in fabric, events of personal or historical significance. Through the accessibility of their colors, patterns and symbols, the quilts of “And Still We Rise” relate narratives that enable conversations about sensitive topics from our national history, furthering the discussion of racial reconciliation in America.

Fit 2Fat 2 FitNew York Times Best Selling Author and speaker, Drew Manning and his wife Lynn will be speaking at two locations on March 3, 2015. Drew is the author of Fit 2 FAT 2 Fit. Whether you are athletic, into fitness, want to shed some weight, or want to become healthier and a little more fit, you will want to hear this talk! Drew and Lynn will inspire you and share with you their simple plan to accomplish your weight loss and fitness goals.

Personal trainer Drew Manning, a self-proclaimed fitness addict, started a weight-gain journey in 2011 to better understand how hard the road from unhealthy to healthy was for his clients. He spent six months without exercise, living a restriction-free, typical American diet. During those six months he gained over 75 pounds. He then committed himself to shedding the pounds and getting back in shape. Drew chronicled the details of the process on his website, Fit 2 Fat 2 Fit with the hopes that his experience would help him and others better understand the emotions, difficulties and victories around weight loss. Shown here is what Drew’s totally fit body looked like when he started his journey, after 6 months of eating and not exercising to get fat, and after 6 months of getting fit again. Drew designed a plan that took him from Unhealthy to Healthy and Fat to Fit!

All ticket sales are final. If you are unable to attend, please share or sell your ticket to another attendee. Contact Sandy Lee at 352 504-2998 for more information.

Cost for the presentation: $5 per person.

Tickets are available for both sessions. There is limited seating at both sessions, so call early to make arrangements to purchase a ticket.

No young children will be allowed at the sessions. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO SECURE YOUR SEAT, call Sandy Lee at: 352.504.2998

Boutique For A Week is a week-long children’s consignment sale held twice a year. We specialize in the highest quality of nearly new children’s clothing, toys, educational materials, infant equipment, nursery furniture, maternity clothing, and MORE! Volunteers and Consignors shop before we open to the public! New/Expecting/Adopting or Foster Moms can shop early too! Just some of the brands you will find at the sale: Carters, Old Navy, Baby Gap, Gap Kids, Janie & Jack, Mud Pie, Ralph Lauren, Specialty Boutique Clothing, Fisher Price, Imaginext, Legos, American Girl, Barbie – and much much more! For more information, please visit Boutique For A Week.

Join us during the Lenten season for Dinner & Service. The price is $5 per adult, $3 per child (4-10), under 4 are free ($15 max per family). Each week will be a different theme. More information can be found on our All Saints Orlando website, and don’t forget to “like” us on our All Saints Lutheran Facebook for updates of events! For more information call the church office at 407.859.9468.